Professional Officer-System Infrastruct

ELIGIBILITY

Suitably qualified

candidates.

CLOSING DATE

31.07.2026

REFERENCE NUMBER

NRG 77/26

SALARY

R558 042 P.A. - T12

DEPARTMENT

Electricity Generation and

Distribution

DIRECTORATE

ENERGY Professional Officer-System Infrastruct

Requirements

• Bsc/Btech in Electrical Engineering.
• ECSA-registered Candidate Engineer/ Candidate Engineering

Technologist.

• Minimum of 3 to 5 years post qualification and directly

applicable and acceptable experience in an electricity

distribution system environment with exposure to a wide

range of technologies.

• Supervisory Skills.
• Good project management skills.
• Sound knowledge of safety legislation and practice.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• A high degree of computer literacy.
• Driver's licence: Code B.

Key Performance Areas

• Investigating sites; liaising with and facilitating all

communication with customers and their representatives (eg

architects, developers and consultants).

• Advising SCP on appropriate design solutions as far as the MV

network is concerned.

• Liaising with Distribution on an ongoing basis to ensure that the

project receives the required attention and to stay abreast on

progress.

• Planning material, labour and transport requirements.
• Liaising with and facilitating all communication with consulting

engineers, developers, SIP and PLD (SCP).

• Ensuring the compliance of proposed embedded generation

installations with applicable standards.

• Evaluating distribution network performance.
• Meeting with operational staff on a regular basis to gain

information about network reinforcement requirements and

discuss proposed interventions.

• Performs project coordination and contract management

functions on capital projects.

• Performing appropriate power system analysis studies

to model network behaviour in response to proposed